Same here! Haven't smashed mine yet thankfully and it's still great in 2024. Except that everyone is making their software slower because that's how it goes.
I did replace the screen on it. I've replaced screens on several phones several times, including once before on this one. But for some reason it suffered a total collapse of functionality this time. Not only did the Home button stop working (and no, there was no damage to it, its ribbon cable, or connectors... I examined every millimeter with a microscope), but the speakers stopped working and maybe the mic.
I've been writing an application and jumping through hoops to make it work on iOS 15 simply because I wanted it to work on my own phone. And those hoops were a PITA because SwiftUI was full of absurd holes and defects until iOS 17 (yes, 17). So I guess I can go through and shitcan all the workarounds I had to implement, at least!
That's a positive way to look at it! Shame that SwiftUI is tied to the OS version though, I guess that's why apps are slowly dropping support for iOS 15.
